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Britain's Katie Boulter says she feels she has to "decide between my physical health and my professional position" as the competition persists for a place in the upcoming January Australian Open main event.

While the regular WTA Tour season is completed, there are still ranking points to be gained in Chile, regional locations, various venues and France.

The female entry list for the opening Grand Slam of the upcoming season will be based on the world rankings of early December, which could cause a difficult choice for athletes near the selection threshold.

Injury Concerns

Ex- British number one Boulter suffered an groin injury in her concluding competition of the year in international locations last timeframe, and is now considering whether to compete in the WTA 125 development competition in European venues, France, in the initial week of December.

Boulter's recent injury, and the fact she would need to achieve at least three matches in the European event to improve her standing, means she may likely eventually not competing.

Contrasting Methods

In comparison, male athletes are not experiencing the identical dilemma, as for the first time the men's Australian Open entry list will be drawn up from this week's standings, which is the ATP's standard season-concluding standing calculation.

The change is designed to discouraging athletes from chasing position points during what is fundamentally the rest interval.

Coaching Changes

This year has been a challenging one for Boulter.

She secured just 14 Tour-level main-draw games and lately separated with instructor Biljana Veselinovic after a lengthy collaboration in which she captured several WTA titles.

"Biljana is an exceptional instructor, and an remarkably quality person as well, which creates situations particularly challenging," Boulter said.

The pursuit for a different instructor is actively progressing, seeking an individual who has elite expertise as Boulter continues to think she can be a world-class competitor.

Career Objectives

"Moving ahead with a new coach, one thing I'm absolutely certain on is that they are going to be a professional who has a lot of experience in how to succeed to the highest echelon of this game," she explained.

"I've been placed as high as twenty-three and I am confident I can get back to that level. I am not convinced my level has disappeared, I think the reliability needs to develop.

"My objective is not simply to be positioned fifty, 40, thirty, twenty - we've accomplished that. The aim is to be inside the elite group."